NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G vs ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G and ATI Radeon 9800 SE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 331 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 580 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 24
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 241 vs 131

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 May 2007 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 331 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 vs 24
PassMark - G2D Mark	241 vs 131

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

241

131

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	59	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	241	131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	542

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 8
Code name	G86	R350
Launch date	9 May 2007	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1203	1206
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	331 MHz
Floating-point performance	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	1.324 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3 / GDDR2	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
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